Neckband for shirts.



Patented Dec. I2, I899.

A. SINZHEIMER. I NECKBAND FUR SHIRT-S (Application filed June 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT Urrron.

ALEXANDER SINZl-IEIMER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKBAND FOR SHIRTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,767, dated December 12, 1899.

Application filed June 29, 1899. serial No. 722,218. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER SINZHEL MER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the cit-y and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neckbands for Shirts and Like Garments, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

This invention consists of a novel construction of a neckband for shirts and like garments, comprising an inner and outer strip, which for a portion of their length are disconnected at both top and bottom edges to form a loop, the outer side of the loop being formed with a buttonhole, the inner side of the loop covering the base of the collar-button, while the lower edge of one side of the loop is situated above the lower edge of the other strip to permit the band to be readily stitched to the garment by a straight and continuousline of stitches that can be run from end to end without interruption.

The invention further consists in the structural features hereinafterfullydescribed, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Figure 1 represents a face view of an inner strip that can be employed in forming said neckband. Fig. 2 represents a sectional perspective view of the same on the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a face view of an outer strip employed in connection with the inner strip, illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 4. represents a sectional perspective view of the same on the line 4 a, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 represents a face view from the outside, illustratinga neckband formed by the strips shown by Figs. 1 and 3 secured to the neck portion of a garment. Figs. 6 and 7 represent sectional perspective views of the same, taken on line 6 6 and 7 7 of Fig. 5. Fig. 8 represents a perspective view of the neck portion of a garment provided with my invention.

The improved neckband for shirts and like garments forming the subject of this invention consists, essentially, of an inner and an outer strip that are secured together and which are adapted to be secured to the neck portion of a garment, while a portion of one of the strips is disconnected from the other strip and from the neck portion of the garment at both its top and bottom edges to constitute a loop. It is usual to secure a neckband of this description to the neck portion of the garment by a line of stitches passing through the lower edges of both bands and through the edge of the garment, said neckband and garment being suitably overlapped. It is obvious that these stitches must not pass through the lower edge portion of the loop, and to allow the stitches to be run in a straight line and without interruption-for instance, an interruption that would be caused by raising the loop portion to permit the stitches to pass thereby-I form the loop so thatit-s lower edge is not situated in the line on which said stitches run. For instance, the lower edge of the loop can be situated above the lower edge of the other strip, or the loop may be narrower than the remaining portions of the strip of which it is formed, or the loop may be narrower than the other strip.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown one embodiment of my invention in which a portion of the lower edge of the outer band is notched or indented, such portion being coextensive with the loop and below which the line of stitches securing the neckband to the garment passes. This forms the loop in the outer strip, the buttonhole being formed therein, while the inner strip covers the base of the collar-button and shields the neck of the wearer. Also in this embodiment each strip is formed by a piece of fabric folded upon itself throughout its length and breadth and secured togetherwith their edges in alinement, except at the lower edge of the loop, while the lower edge of the inner strip is divided or formed with a channel, bifurcation, or groove, within which the edge of the neck portion of the shirt is situated, the same being secured by the line of stitches above resisting of an inner strip 13 and an outer strip 0. The inner strip Bis formed by a piece of fabric folded throughout its length and breadth, the bend being at its upper edge, while the lower edge portion D of each side thereof is folded inwardly and secured by stitches E, forming the divided lower edge or channel F. The outer strip 0 is also formed by a piece of fabric folded throughout its length and breadth, the bend, however, being at its lower edge, while the upper edge portion- G of each side thereof is folded inwardly and secured by stitches H to form a bound edge. The central portion of this outer strip 0 is indented or notched at its lower edge, as at J, so that when the strips are placed side by side, it being noted that said strips are the same length and otherwise the same breadth throughout, the lower edge of this indented or notched portion J is situatedabove the lower edge of the inner strip B. The neck portion K of the garment is placed between the divisions or within the channel F of the inner strip and secured therein by stitches L, running between the ends of the strips. T e lower edges of the strips are also secured together by said stitches, except at the indented or notched portion J, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7. The upper edges of the strips are disconnected for a portion corresponding with the indented or notched lower edge, so that a loop is formed. A buttonhole M is made in the outer strip at this loop, and the opposing portion of the inner strip covers the base of the collar-button and shields the wearers neck. It is manifest that the stitches L can be run in a straight line and continuously and without interruption between the ends of the neckband without the necessity of lifting or displacing laterally the indented or notched portion of the outer strip to form the loop, which would be necessary if the lower edge thereof was not situated above the lower edge of the inner strip. This is an important consideration, for it obviates the inconvenience and loss of time which would otherwise be occasioned by interrupting the rapid manner in which the stitches can be run and the trouble and inconvenience of lifting or handling the loop during such operation.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A neckband for shirts or like garments, comprising an inner and an outer strip secured together and adapted to be secured to a shirt, a portion of one of said strips being disconnected from the other at both its top and bottom edges to constitute a loop, the lower edge of said loop being situated above the lower edge of the other strip, and one of said strips being formed with a buttonhole at said loop.

2. A neckband for shirts or like garments, comprising an inner and an outer strip secured together and adapted to be secured to a garment, a portion of one of said strips being narrower than the remaining portions thereof and disconnected from the other strip at both its top and bottom edges to constitute a loop, and one of said strips being formed with a'buttonhole at said loop.

3. Anneckband for shirts or like garments, comprising an inner and an outer strip secured together and adapted to be secured to a shirt, each of said strips being folded upon itself throughout its length and breadth, a portion of one of said strips being disconnected from the other at both its top and bottom edges to constitute a loop, the lower edge of said loop being situated above the lower edge of the other strip, and one of said strips being formed with a buttonhole at said loop.

ALEXANDER SINZHEIMER.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WVM. O. WIEDERsHEIM. 

